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Henrietta Johnston

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American artist (c.1674-1729)

United StatesArtistsLived 1674 to 1729 · aged 55
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Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston was a pastelist of uncertain origin active in the English colonies in North America from approximately 1708 until her death.

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Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner (Mrs. Nathaniel Broughton), Gibbes Museum of ArtHenriette Charlotte Chastaigner (Mrs. Nathaniel Broughton), Gibbes Museum of ArtAnna Cuyler (Mrs. Anthony) Van Schaick, ca. 1725, pastel, in the New York State MuseumAnna Cuyler (Mrs. Anthony) Van Schaick, ca. 1725, pastel, in the New York State MuseumPierre Bacot, circa 1708 -10Pierre Bacot, circa 1708 -10Mrs. Pierre Bacot (Marianne Fleur Du Gue), circa 1708 -10Mrs. Pierre Bacot (Marianne Fleur Du Gue), circa 1708 -10

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About this person

Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston was a pastelist of uncertain origin active in the English colonies in North America from approximately 1708 until her death. She is both the earliest recorded female artist and the first known pastelist working in the English colonies, and is the first portraitist known to have worked in what would become the southern United States.

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United States
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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1674 to 1729 · aged 55
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